Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share that there is an amazing Facebook Group called Follett Destiny Users for Librarians. I highly recommend it. 

I also wanted to check in and see how everyone is circulating books. I know we talked about this earlier in the year.

We currently have around 600, maybe a few more, in person learners at my pre-k 6 school. We push in for our fixed classes. Grades 2-6 have learned or are learning how to login to Destiny to place a hold. Younger kids fill out request slips, or we go in the morning and ask them to share what books they want. We also do book talks. We are doing book checkouts for pick up for our remote learners in Grades 3-6. Hoping to expand it to include K-2 in the very near future. Pre-K is not currently getting books.

A surprising benefit is that kids are becoming mode astute Destiny searchers and strengthening their catalog skills as well as discovering other books they would have walked right by. I have a hunch that our administration is eager for us to reopen for browsing. It would be helpful to know that we are not the only ones using this type of a system still. 

I should add that we are also quartining books in bins for 7 days as we simply do not have enough spaces to spread materials out.

Thank you for your input,

Larissa

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